You want that new video game so badly, but you're trying to knock your credit card balance down. Or you're binging your favorite TV show and can't wait to find out if a character lives, but it's late, ...

At the start of every new year, many of us think about how to make our lives better going forward. Perhaps we want to lose weight or stop drinking or stay off of our cell phones. If only we had more ...

Highlighting summer's enhanced opportunities for healthy behavior has become a tradition for this column. In keeping with tradition, here is my annual installment – one that zeroes in on the core ...

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What does self-discipline look like at work? Sometimes it’s the ability to resist temptation, such as distractions to avoid a particular task, or taking a donut from the break room. Other times it’s ...

Sivananda's own day began at 4 a.m. He called Brahmamuhrta, the pre-dawn window between roughly 3:30 and 5:30 a.m., the single best hour for building any practice, because the mind has not yet ...

Do you ever wonder why we humans act differently than each other? Why do some people indulge in sweet treats when they're on a diet while others seem to manage not eating junk food on a diet? Well, it ...

Humans, especially the latter generations, seem to be terrible at self-control. Modern culture and technologies have made impulse decisions even worse, thanks to encouraging instant gratification.

Talent helps. So does luck, and so does knowing the right people at the right time, but none of it lasts long without self-control. The ability to govern your ...

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Self-control has long been regarded as one of the strongest predictors of success. Most of us can picture that colleague who never misses a deadline, volunteers for extra projects and keeps everything ...